Freeze tolerance and postfreeze recovery in the frog Pseudacris crucifer

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 260-264

  Layne Jr , Jack R ^a   Kefauver, Joseph ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER;

EID: 0030958051     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447745     Document Type: Article

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